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Photograph, Hill Top Town South Italy

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A black and white photograph of a large church and part of a walled hill top town in war time southern Italy. There was no description or name of the town supplied by John Wallace (Jack) Bickley, Service number 48015. The photograph is part of the photograph collection that he sent home from Italy during World War Two. Born in Riverton in 1915, John Wallace (Jack) Bickley, was undergoing teacher training in Dunedin in 1940 when he enlisted in the army and served overseas, returning to NZ in November 1945. Marrying his sweetheart Irene on 26th December 1945 and beginning his teaching career he taught until 1975 and passed away in 1978 in Arrowtown. Irene passed away in 2012. In 2010 his daughter Mary and her husband Fergus Sutherland, retraced his and the 2NZEF soldiers' wartime path through Libya and the Western Desert, Crete, Greece, Italy documenting their travels in the book "Far From Home And Family' with Mary being the author. The second part of the book is "Please Send Home" 'The War Diaries and Letters of Jack Bickley 1941-1945'

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  • Title

    Photograph, Hill Top Town South Italy

  • Maker

    John (Jack) Wallace Bickley

  • Date made

    1940s

  • Subject

    Buildings and Structures, Landscapes, Buildings & Structures, 1940s

  • Additional information

    organic, processed material, paper, Image: h 63 mm x w 90 mm

  • Rights

    Public Domain

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    https://ehive.com/collections/3278/objects/2098096

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